New shared parental leave regulations are set to offer new parents more flexibility in how leave is taken. The new regulations will apply to babies due on or after 5th April 2015 (or children who have been matched for adoption or placed for adoption on or after this date). It is important to get up…

Recent estimations have suggested there are nearly 1.3 million people using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in the UK. Due to rising concern regarding the lack of regulation surrounding e-cigarettes, they are set to be licensed as medicine from 2016. This has led many employers to questioning what their policy should be toward e-cigarettes. What is the…

A case has recently brought to the Employment Appeal Tribunal which ruled on whether an employee on long term sick could carry over untaken holiday from one holiday period to the next. Currently, full time employees in the UK are allowed 5.6 weeks holiday per holiday year under the Working Time Regulations 1998. Yet only…

A landmark decision by the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) will see regular overtime included in holiday pay. The overtime holiday pay ruling means that anyone who is working overtime as a regular part of their job should have those earnings taken into account when holiday pay is calculated. But, as with most decisions, the ruling…